Views of the Architecture of the Heavens, in a series of letters to a lady |
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70 OPHIUCHI appear arrangements aspect astronomers attraction bodies bright BRITISH BRITISH MUSEUM central centre circle clusters comets compressed condensation constitution Cosmogony descry diameter diffused discovery distinct DOUBLE STARS earth epoch existence fact faint farther firmament foregoing Forrester & Nichol gravity greater number Heavens idea illustration infinite influence instance intervals luminary magnitude manifestly mass matter mechanism ment milky move naked eye nature Nebula in Orion Nebular Hypothesis nebulosities Nichol lithog number of stars object observation orbit orbitual motion orbs order of distances origin peculiar perhaps pheno phenomena phenomenon planetary planets Plate position precisely present principle probably progress proper motion reach remarkable remote revolving ring rotation separate singular Sir John Herschel Sir William Herschel Sirius solar system space space-penetrating power speculations sphere spherical stellar stratum Struve sun's Suppose telescope thing tion Universe VARIABLE STARS vast velocity visible whole ZODIACAL LIGHT zone